Lifes Like That

Saturday night was our annual Santa Clause parade and we took the kids to it. First of all I would like to tell you all that it was quite mild out so standing in the cold watching a parade was something that we didn’t have to do this year. And because the kids weren’t cold, they were happier to stand outside and watch the parade. Well it was a good parade this year with lots of floats, lights and music. It definitely put me in the Christmas mood. Both of the kids had their letters made up and gave them to the post men to give to Santa. So all in all it was a very good night, and fun was had by all.

My oldest son is planning on making a trip home this summer after being away for two years. The kids are quite excited about this event and have been talking non stop about his home coming since they found out. One of the thing he has asked for when he comes home is to have a huge family BBQ. Apparently he hasn’t had a BBQ since he left home. So I’m going to stock up on hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken and ribs. Who knows, maybe I’ll throw in some fat burners as well. He will be home in a months time. So this will give me plenty of time to organize the biggest and best BBQ that I can. I know the kids are looking forward to this as am I.

My son came home from school yesterday with two Birthday Party Invitations. Both of the Party Birthday Invitations were almost identical in nature, so me being the curious person that I am, I asked one of the mother’s where she got her party invitations. She told me she found a site on the Internet over at www.announcements-shoppe.com. Apparently she uses this site a lot to order all her invitations party and has been extremely pleased with the quality of all the birthday invitations that she has purchased over time. So I have decided that the next time I need any type of invitation, I’m going to give this site a try.

This time of year is one of the hardest times of year for me. Five years ago I lost my dad to cancer, so when father’s day rolls around I tend to get a little depressed. We used to have such a great time on father’s day with my dad. My mom would send out Picnic Invitations to his entire family. And most of them would come. Then we would have a lot of food and music and just fun family time. But since his passing, there has been no Invitations Family Picnic sent out. I have thought about starting up this tradition again. But every time I think about giving out invitation picnic or picnic family invitations I start to get sad once again. I don’t know if I will ever be able to carrying on with this tradition, but I do think about it around this time of year, every year.

My husband has a new addiction. He is addicted to Airsoft Remote Control vehicles. Right now he has rc trucks, arc helicopter, and a rc car. He says that he has bought these Air soft Remote Control vehicles for our eight year old son. But, funny thing, he plays with them more than our son does. Last night I caught him looking at some newer models of these remote control vehicles and really had to laugh. When I mentioned this to him, he claimed he was looking at them to possibly purchase another one for our son’s birthday.

Very soon my daughter will be turning 11 and my son will be turning 9. Because their birthdays are so close together (a day apart actually) I have plans on having one big birthday party for them both. Because their both in school they have different friends that they want to invite so I’m going to have to send out a half a dozen Birthday Invitations to different kids.

While I was searching the Internet I came across a site where I will be able to order all the Party Invitations that I will need. They have a beautiful selection of birthday invitations and party invitations to choose from and their prices are extremely reasonable. One of my favorite features of this site is that I can order the kids birthday invitations with a personal photo attached. So now all I have to do is find a picture I like and then I will be ordering my invitations.

Last weekend my two youngest were invited to a birthday party. But they were unable to attend as my youngest son was quite sick. And because I had to stay home with him, I wasn’t able to drive my daughter to the party. Well they were both invited to a birthday party this weekend and guess what?? They are both sick. So neither one will be attending this party either. The one they were supposed to go to today was at the bowling alley so that is why missing this one is bothering them a little bit more than missing the one last weekend. But what can you do? When the kids are sick you certainly don’t want to take them around other kids and you don’t want them getting overtired and playing themselves out.

They don’t have to go back to school until Wednesday so hopefully by then all this illness will be over. There will be other parties and other trips to the bowling alley so this really isn’t the end of the world. But to hear the kids talk, you would think that it was.

In less than two weeks my father in law will be getting married. As it stands right now the only members of the immediate family that will be attending will be my husband and I and the kids. One of my husband’s sisters lives quite far away and due to financial reasons won’t be able to attend. The other sister who does live in the province will be going in for hip surgery on October 20th so she won’t even be out of the hospital on the day of the wedding.

Both sisters do have some regrets about not being able to attend this event so I have told them both that I will take our camcorder and tape the event. My husband won’t be able to do the taping as he is actually in the wedding party as the best man. My photography skills aren’t the best, but at this point in time I am the best they got. lol It really is a shame that they will both miss it, but at least they will be able to watch the video of the event. Now if I can only do a good job and get a decent video out of the whole thing.

Well it was a sad day in the Darrell household here on Sunday. Sunday was the day that we chose to clean out the trailer and get it all packed up for the winter. When this day happens, this marks the end of the summer camping season officially. So I packed up all the utensils and coolers. They will be stored in the camper over the winter months. Inside I pack away all the swimwear from the past season. When all these items get put away you then realize that the camping season is indeed over. Oh well at least we all get to look forward to next year. But there was sure a lot of sad faces around our house this past Sunday.

Earlier this morning my husband and I set out with the kids to attend the giant flea market and car show that was being held in a town about an hours drive away from here. It is the largest flea market in this area and they hold it every year. We haven’t been to this event in many years and I was wondering why. But after walking around the event for over two hours, I suddenly remembered why we don’t make this an annual event. After we got back in the vehicle to head home I was so sore that I was actually contemplating in investing in some massage therapy. I am so sore just by walking around the different exhibits. So I think that I will hop into a nice bubble bath to try to eliminate all the soreness. I don’t ever remember this flea market being this big and I may just think twice about the walking again next year.